What have scholars said about the tafsir of Ibn Juzayy al-Kalbi and his creed?
Ibn Juzayy al-Kalbi is Abu al-Qasim Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Abdullah (d. 741 AH), a Maliki jurist, scholar, and exegete. He was born in Granada in 693 AH and grew up in a household of knowledge and leadership. He distinguished himself by dedicating himself to learning and writing, and became a prominent preacher and teacher. He was pious and chaste, wishing for martyrdom in the way of Allah, which he attained on the day of the Battle of Tarifa. Among his most famous works is the "Al-Tashil li-Ulum al-Tanzil," which is considered a precious commentary. His aim with it was brevity, the collection of sciences, the mention of rare benefits, the clarification of difficulties, and the verification of the exegetes' statements. In his book "Al-Qawanin al-Fiqhiyyah," he stipulated that the khabariyyah attributes (attributes mentioned in revelation) suggest anthropomorphism, and he divided people concerning them into three groups: the Salaf who believed in them without investigating their modality, the anthropomorphists who took them at their literal meaning, and the allegorists who diverted them from their literal meaning to what rational proofs necessitate. This is what Ibn Juzayy did in his Tafsir for some of the attributes.
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